Cannibals All Or Slaves Without Masters Rhetorical Analysis

Often times authors use rhetoric to give a deeper meaning to their work. In the story “Cannibals All, Or Slaves Without Masters”, George Fitzhugh uses personification to give a deeper, emotional feeling of the constant battle between the North and the South. As fitzhugh claims, in the attempt to attain “transition” seas of gore may be shed until military despotism comes in to restore peace and security (page 369). The author personifies the sea, because a sea can not literally bring blood shed. As the quote say, “Seas of gore,” it is suggesting the idea of a blood bath, the war that is soon to come and can only be prevented by the military “to restore peace and security”. This shows Fitzhugh uses personification to enhance his view of pro-slavery